Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
@eyeteeth -
How about an update on how your trip to Florida over Christmas went, especially regarding your motorhome's performance?
Somehow missed this long ago....
Sure.
The trip went well. Better than the previous trip we took to Florida. I took a temp gun with me as a second means of measuring. The temps showed 'high' when ever we were above 50-60 degrees out side. Shooting the engine, in carious locations, top of radiator etc... showed temps around 195 or so. In the Florida 'heat' it would run real close to the "H", but would shoot at just over 200. The only time I got real nervous was climbing the smokies when it came close to topping out the gauge, but shot roughly 214. So, the old girl performed like a champ. The Cab heater worked, the passenger vent worked (had to replace cables). The only 'drama' we had was 1) broke a wiper bushing looking for a place to park for the n right at a truck stop. Fortunately I had a couple packages with me. Found a covered spot and replaced it. and 2) The house battery isn't in the best of shape. I think the old converter/charger may have baked it at some point. Never realized it until we were using it for a length of time. Which was on the way home of course when everything was closed. The boys drained the battery watching TV, and we couldn't start the generator. Which may have been good because while I was exercising it in Florida, I discovered it developed an oil leak. So, instead of stopping for a second night on the way home, we drove all the way through and parked in our driveway around midnight.
Man... she's a thirsty girl though. I forgot how much we spend on fuel driving our small apartment down there and back. Probably better to not remember.
